1
Beloved,
believe
not
every
spirit,
but
try
the
spirits
whether
they
are
of
God:
because
many
false
prophets
are
gone
out
into
the
world.
2
Hereby
know
ye
the
Spirit
of
God:
Every
spirit
that
confesseth
that
Jesus
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh
is
of
God:
3
And
every
spirit
that
confesseth
not
that
Jesus
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh
is
not
of
God:
and
this
is
that
[spirit]
of
antichrist,
whereof
ye
have
heard
that
it
should
come;
and
even
now
already
is
it
in
the
world.
4
Ye
are
of
God,
little
children,
and
have
overcome
them:
because
greater
is
he
that
is
in
you,
than
he
that
is
in
the
world.
5
They
are
of
the
world:
therefore
speak
they
of
the
world,
and
the
world
heareth
them.
6
We
are
of
God:
he
that
knoweth
God
heareth
us;
he
that
is
not
of
God
heareth
not
us.
Hereby
know
we
the
spirit
of
truth,
and
the
spirit
of
error.
7
Beloved,
let
us
love
one
another:
for
love
is
of
God;
and
every
one
that
loveth
is
born
of
God,
and
knoweth
God.
8
He
that
loveth
not
knoweth
not
God;
for
God
is
love.
9
In
this
was
manifested
the
love
of
God
toward
us,
because
that
God
sent
his
only
begotten
Son
into
the
world,
that
we
might
live
through
him.
10
Herein
is
love,
not
that
we
loved
God,
but
that
he
loved
us,
and
sent
his
Son
[to
be]
the
propitiation
for
our
sins.
11
Beloved,
if
God
so
loved
us,
we
ought
also
to
love
one
another.
12
No
man
hath
seen
God
at
any
time.
If
we
love
one
another,
God
dwelleth
in
us,
and
his
love
is
perfected
in
13
Hereby
know
we
that
we
dwell
in
him,
and
he
in
us,
because
he
hath
given
us
of
his
Spirit.
14
And
we
have
seen
and
do
testify
that
the
Father
sent
the
Son
[to
be]
the
Saviour
of
the
world.
15
Whosoever
shall
confess
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God,
God
dwelleth
in
him,
and
he
in
God.
16
And
we
have
known
and
believed
the
love
that
God
hath
to
us.
God
is
love;
and
he
that
dwelleth
in
love
dwelleth
in
God,
and
God
in
him.
17
Herein
is
our
love
made
perfect,
that
we
may
have
boldness
in
the
day
of
judgment:
because
as
he
is,
so
are
we
in
this
world.
18
There
is
no
fear
in
love;
but
perfect
love
casteth
out
fear:
because
fear
hath
torment.
He
that
feareth
is
not
made
perfect
in
love.
19
We
love
him,
because
he
first
loved
20
If
a
man
say,
I
love
God,
and
hateth
his
brother,
he
is
a
liar:
for
he
that
loveth
not
his
brother
whom
he
hath
seen,
how
can
he
love
God
whom
he
hath
not
seen?
21
And
this
commandment
have
we
from
him,
That
he
who
loveth
God
love
his
brother
also.